Prairie View

When Joby Shelton returns to Prairie View, South Dakota, after a ten-year self-exile, he witnesses a murder while fishing on the nearby Sioux Reservoir. He has returned to Prairie View to make peace with his father, that is, to attend his funeral. During a Fourth of July celebration, he reunites with friends of his youth (remembered fondly as the Fearsome Foursome), meets and falls in love with a young local teacher, and becomes entangled in a scam involving the Mafia and the nearby Sioux Indian reservation. The plot elements culminate in a dramatic showdown atop Rattlesnake Butte.